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The National Marine Fisheries Service uses this information for the purposes of both in-season management and to establish fishing quotas for future seasons.</p> <p>The vessels we work聽with make trips of anywhere from one month (this for larger vessels, generally over 150 feet in length, that both catch and process fish) to聽14 days (this for smaller vessels, 60 to 135 feet in length, that deliver their catches to shore-based processing plants).</p> <p><em><strong>Location:</strong></em></p> <p>Following a three week training which is held in Seattle Washington, Observers fly to Dutch Harbor, Alaska to begin their first deployment.聽 Relocation is not required for this position.</p> <p><em><strong>Contract Information:</strong></em></p> <p>Paid training courses are <em>generally</em> held in late December, January, March, April, May, June, and聽August of each year.聽 North Pacific Groundfish Observers make an initial commitment to take multiple deployments.聽 <b>AOI will be accepting applications again in October 2024 for a December 2025 start date.聽</b></p> <p><em><strong>Compensation and Benefits:</strong></em></p> <p>During training observers receive $1450 total, meal reimbursement, and lodging is provided.聽 Upon completion of training, observers are deployed to the field and begin making a salary of $4,498.20 per month.聽 While deployed, room, board, and travel to and from the job site are taken care of.聽聽Health insurance is offered.</p> <p>We encourage observers who are successful during their first contract to return and make additional deployments for AOI. Observers receive incremental salary increases depending on the amount of time they have spent in the field. 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